When Nigel and I restored the three Thai Dimonas in 2002 we replaced the undercarriage rod ends. Most of the the old ones were bent and they must have been original...we had to cut out the panels to gain access. My question is....do you really want a high tensile rod end that tends to snap or is it better to have one that bends? This is a question that is right up Nigel's alley of expertise. The flask is under the seat pan...can't remember which side...I think passenger. Poke a mirror through the inspection panels and look rearwards and you will see it. cheers
Rob Rob Thompson mobile 0429 493828 ........................................ ________________________________ From: Ian Williams <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2013 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [DOG mailing list] H36 undercarriage Hi Ian, Same here. The ones here were bent indi ating they weren't HT. RickFisher sourced the right ones from Germany for me. there were also other rather dodgy issues as well but all OK now. Nigel B's advice dead right. A question for you Dimona Technocrats however. ..Where the hell is the flask For the VSI stashed. Ian Williams Sent from my iPhone On 15/08/2013, at 20:42, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote: Friend with early Thai h36 found an undercart ball rod end broke after landing but zero damage luckily. He fount the Thai we assume used non standard ball rod ends with no untreated shank. >The correct ball rod ends are made by hirshmann in Germany and have a X >indicating they are high tension ball rod ends. >Lesson you can not trust Thai airforce or was it Geoff Edwards?? the guy >that brought them in. When I was at Archer field there were broken >undercarriage everywhere. >If ball rod ends have been changed then there should be a repair in the floor >when they have been removed. I think I have read somewhere after hard broken >undercart either ball rod ends are to be replaced or are the brackets to be >replaced. I would say it is ball rod ends. >May be worth a look and always do perfect landings. >Ian mcphee >.
